The most hilarious screw ups in history
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Only just remembered about the Vasa (rather an unlucky set of circumstances when that was the king's name as well...). It just about bankrupted Sweden as well at the time while they were still squabbling with Poland... and IIRC, their king (Sigismund III) was one of Gustav's in-laws and a fairly close one at that.IamQ said:
The Swedish Mary Rose, only a little bit more laughable, no disrespect if you're Swedish... -_-
What's stupid is that the ship was so unstable... even when in port and not moving! It got capsized by a light squall, and the captain was an idiot as well (leaving the gunports open so he could salute the king, who was in Germany at the time)!IamQ said:
Actually, The Admiral in charge of the operation considered it a failure because not a single aircraft carrier was sunk. In the end, he was right.Belaam said:
Actually, those three are unrelated. The atomic weapons were already in development before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The U.S. had thousands of people capable of working, looking for work, that couldn't get jobs because of the economy. When the government said "Build this!" the American people said, "For Freedom" and the economy spooled up to build everything it would need to take over a continent. Of course, with no one knowing what the Americans were capable of building because half our workforce wasn't working, we spooled up for war even faster than our own allies thought we would.
As for the problem with conquering China for their oil:
no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force. [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder]
That is a quote by a German military commander. The Axis should have known better.
Really? Anyone from that era who played Civ games would have known better? Where do you think the creators of Civ got their pre-programmed responses from?
You are mistaking hindsight with common sense.
Just like the Mary Rose, a Huge ass ship that one of the Henrys commissioned, it sunk before it's first engagement. There's also this local legend that this saxon king was hiding in some marshes, working as a helper to this old witch lady, and he burned a tray of cookie/biscuit/cake things.IamQ said:
Those wacky Saxons.
Low gundeck... plus high stern castle... plus short keel... plus heavy broadside (I think the Vasa had the heaviest broadside for its size... by quite some distance, even leading into the 'modern rating' era) = *derp* ... -_- All the guns were 24lbers as well, which made it worse...IamQ said:
I'm pretty sure that's a joke, along these lines:Spade Lead said:
Anything North Korea has done recently has been pretty darn hilarious, although unfortunately they're the only ones not in on the big joke, which is a problem when your country believes it's own spin and pours all it's GDP into maintaining it's Cold War Era army and creating massive propaganda marches and monuments while its people live in poverty.
Peasants, and he was in hiding after losing a battle, IIRC.Malty Milk Whistle said:
Also, those cake things are really easy to burn.
Terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda, originating from Afghanistan attack the World Trade Center buildings in New York on September 11th, 2001.
March 20th, 2003, the United States of America begins a full scale invasion of Iraq, believed to be harboring al-Qaeda terrorists and possessing WMD's. Both were later confirmed to be false.
Five years later former President Bush tells in an interview, "The biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/02/george-bush-iraq-interview
March 20th, 2003, the United States of America begins a full scale invasion of Iraq, believed to be harboring al-Qaeda terrorists and possessing WMD's. Both were later confirmed to be false.
Five years later former President Bush tells in an interview, "The biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/02/george-bush-iraq-interview
During the Russo-Japanese war, the Russian admiralty decided to send their battleships to Japan - the long way, around most of the Eurasian continent, a voyage which lasted almost as long as the war itself. (Vodka was involved.)
In the early stages of the voyage, a British fishing boat was encountered - and mistaken for a Japanese battle cruiser. (Vodka was involved.) Hundreds of shots were fired. Casualties: 3 fishermen, 2 russians. (MUCH vodka was involved.) Avoiding a war with Britain took some serious diplomatic skills.
And finally, on arrival in Japanese waters, the entire Russian fleet was pwned almost immediately. (Sake was not involved.)
Also, the very existence of the USS William D. Porter [http://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html].
In the early stages of the voyage, a British fishing boat was encountered - and mistaken for a Japanese battle cruiser. (Vodka was involved.) Hundreds of shots were fired. Casualties: 3 fishermen, 2 russians. (MUCH vodka was involved.) Avoiding a war with Britain took some serious diplomatic skills.
And finally, on arrival in Japanese waters, the entire Russian fleet was pwned almost immediately. (Sake was not involved.)
Also, the very existence of the USS William D. Porter [http://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html].
I love the parallel between Napoleon and Hitler, Napoleon is never able to cross the English channel because of Britain's navy Hitler tries and is stopped by the navy. Napoleon invades Russia but gets stranded during the winter and loses a majority of his troops, Hitler makes the same exact mistake.
EDIT: Another one I just thought of. The first assassination attempt against a US president was against Andrew Jackson the attempt failed when both of the would be Assassin's flint lock pistols miss fired due to the humid weather and after his guns went off Jackson personally beet him with his cane and Davy Crockett apprehended him. While he was being interrogated he claimed to be King Richard III.
EDIT: Another one I just thought of. The first assassination attempt against a US president was against Andrew Jackson the attempt failed when both of the would be Assassin's flint lock pistols miss fired due to the humid weather and after his guns went off Jackson personally beet him with his cane and Davy Crockett apprehended him. While he was being interrogated he claimed to be King Richard III.